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Quest33

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  1. Thanks for the defense Dajita.. Shorinryu is definately jumping the gun. I work in Fruitland, Id across the snake from Ontario, OR. They have a good Judo school here but it is not what I seek. I will take Judo for the sake for close-quarters combat, but I need to meter out what is most important to me. I am primarily more interested in advancing in my Kenpo skills. I apreciate the help and advise, Thank You
  2. Delta1 it sounds like we absolutely have a bunch in common. Our class has the very same approach. WE are all getting better. We do hit and expect to get hit. Why else train? We are training with the concept of defending against muggers, rapists ...terrorists or just bullies. We have a sense of comradery and competition.. this goads us on. I would just simply like to offer more up for this course and I would like to advance in my art to actually be a Sensei someday. I do teach now and offer good practical instruction. I don't teach garbage. I just quite simply want to be more qualified still.
  3. I may be misled here and that is why I am seeking a forum to get my head strait.. We train in the self-defense class that I am in for the sake of handling street situations.. I know that tournament fighting is not a good example. But I am not going to pick a fight and I do want a lot more **Practical** sparring and combat experience. WE fight and we spar with control being stressed. I want to be able to handle confrontation in all scenarios... as best as possible (having been equiped with proper technique and form) I can't advance without good instuction.. This class takes the opportunity to practice from a book or whatever a technique that we have found. We may find a way to combat a knife attack for example but we have no real instuction.. WE find our way. It is that instruction that I seek.. Otherwise.. we will all just simply settle and advance together.
  4. I understand that my post can seem misleading in my purpose... Do not be quick to judge. I have no use for "paper belts" and "paper certifications"..... I WANT PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE... I do not want my absense of "belt" to be a stumbling block for someone who truely wants to learn. So far it has not been so.. but they always ask. I say no. I need to advance in my art and that is the most important issue. I could choose to take your lack of insight personaly but I am not. SO let me clerify once more. *I have a lot of experience already.. through different styles. My job and life has swept me from one place to the next and I would like to pursue just ONE GOOD STYLE* * I wish to help others. I do not want any stumbling blocks in the way. I clerify that "belt rank" has nothing to do with it. * I am always asked if I fight and I alway say very little and that I have had no need. I have no instructor close .. my old instructor is 75+ miles away. You can not judge a person by a single post.. so choose not to..
  5. I am looking for a GOOD instuctor who offers instruction from remote. I live in a rural community and there are not many instructors around. I am seeking Kenpo as a style and would generally like to stay with a hard style. I wonder if there is a program that offers instruction by video tape, literature and etc and then permits testing by onsite evaulation. I have been in the martial arts for over 5yrs and I am pretty good at it, though I have much to learn. I have a passion for helping train women, children and the downtrodden in the art. I am already teaching but in an informal way. I need someone to advance my skills and I need the experience ... I need to be a black belt. I know it has little to do with it but it seems to qualify a person to the masses. I also intend on doing tournement competition as a way of gaining validity. Like I said...my ultimate goal is to help others....there is no greater reward than to lift another human being up.
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